• A multinational company building a new Regional Shared Service Centre.
• Looking for an Accounts Receivable Accountant - French Speaker.

Description

• Billing Management: Creating, issuing, and tracking invoices. Distributing invoices to customers. Distribute account statement;
• Revenue Recognition: Manage & Perform revenue recognition;
• Cash application: Processing received payments, including direct payments and Direct debits. Reconciling unapplied, misapplied, or unidentified payments;
• Dispute and Claim Management: Resolving invoice and payment-related disputes. Responding to customer inquiries and claims;
• Collections: Monitoring overdue accounts. Implementing collection actions to recover outstanding receivables;
• Analysis and Reporting: Perform Customer Risk & Credit Analysis;
• Period end closing participation: Close AR Sub ledger & reconcile with GL;
• Risk Management: Assess and manage financial risks related to accounts receivable and propose mitigation measures;
• Compliance and Audit: Ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations and preparing necessary documents for audits;
• Governance with internal clients: supporting the AR Tower Lead in the governance bodies with the internal clients (entities based in Europe), preparing and following-up on KPIs reports, performance reports.
• Transition support: Active contribution in process migrations from Europe countries to the SSC Porto (trainings, understanding local processes, process documentation).

Profile

• Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. A professional certification (e.g., CC) is a plus;
• 3 to 7 years of experience in Accounting, with significant experience in Accounts Receivable;
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and financial standards;
• Ability to analyze processes, identify pain points and propose optimization actions;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with internal stakeholders / internal and external clients;
• Proficiency in English and French;
• Ability to travel around Europe Region for the first 2 to 3 months (migration period from local entities towards the SSC in Porto);
• Experience working in an SSC environment.

Job Offer

• A great opportunity for career growth.